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C: If the sailors hadn’t cut down the forest, they wouldn’t have destroyed

the dodo’s natural habitat. If the dogs, pigs and cats hadn’t gone wild,

they wouldn’t have destroyed the dodo’s nests. But by 1681 the dodo

had disappeared forever. It was extinct.

1. B 2. A 3. C

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The dodo was a strange bird that couldn’t fly. It lived only on the island near Africa. Then Dutch sailors arrived in 1598 with animals - dogs, pigs and cats.

The sailors built homes and cleared the forest for farming. Their animals went wild on the island.

If the sailors hadn’t cut down the forest, they wouldn’t have destroyed the dodo’s natural habitat. If the dogs, pigs and cats hadn’t gone wild, they wouldn’t have destroyed the dodo’s nests. But by 1681 the dodo had disappeared forever. It was extinct.

Answer the questions according to the text:

1. Where did the bird live?

It lived on the island near Africa.

2. When did Dutch sailors arrive?

Dutch sailors arrived in 1598.

3. What animals did Dutch sailors bring to the island?

Dutch sailors brought dogs, pigs and cats to the island.

4.Would the dogs, pigs and cats have destroyed the dodo’s natural habitat if the sailors hadn’t cut down the forest?

If the sailors hadn’t cut down the forest, they wouldn’t have destroyed the dodo’s natural habitat.